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A review by thurminator
Round the Moon by Jules Verne, Fiction, Fantasy & Magic by Jules Verne
3.0
5/10.
Overall an okay book, but not as charming as the original and were it not for the ending, which becomes vastly more interesting than the rest of the story, I'd have easily have given it 2 stars.
The premise is neat enough, detailing how the 3 travelers from the last book ended up faring after being launched out of a mile-long cannon to the moon. Most of the book consists of super lengthy and incorrect scientific rambling while they float in space, with comedic dialogue thrown in. But it was hard to listen to the same three characters do this for an entire book. I did thoroughly enjoy the manner in which they all spoke:
"But my worthy friend! It shall be of the greatest delight to explain the mathematical minutia by which our noble projectile sails amongst the stars; certainly you would not wish to remain an ignoramus during the entire course of our great enterprise to Earth's luminous satellite!"
I exaggerate but the verbiage was easily my favorite part of the book. I think the first novel reads better than this one and the mystery was better left unsolved, but this is worth reading if, like me, you wanted to see how it all ended.
Overall an okay book, but not as charming as the original and were it not for the ending, which becomes vastly more interesting than the rest of the story, I'd have easily have given it 2 stars.
The premise is neat enough, detailing how the 3 travelers from the last book ended up faring after being launched out of a mile-long cannon to the moon. Most of the book consists of super lengthy and incorrect scientific rambling while they float in space, with comedic dialogue thrown in. But it was hard to listen to the same three characters do this for an entire book. I did thoroughly enjoy the manner in which they all spoke:
"But my worthy friend! It shall be of the greatest delight to explain the mathematical minutia by which our noble projectile sails amongst the stars; certainly you would not wish to remain an ignoramus during the entire course of our great enterprise to Earth's luminous satellite!"
I exaggerate but the verbiage was easily my favorite part of the book. I think the first novel reads better than this one and the mystery was better left unsolved, but this is worth reading if, like me, you wanted to see how it all ended.